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Reduction of 3-furaldehyde (I) under Wolff-Kishner conditions provided the desired 3-methylene-2,3-dihydrofuran (II) along with minor amounts of 3-methylfuran (III), which were used in the next step without previous separation. The asymmetric carbonyl-ene reaction of (II) with benzaldehyde (IV) using (R)-1,1'-binaphthol and titanium isopropoxide furnished the target (R)-2-(3-furyl)-1-phenylethanol (V). Condensation of the sodium alkoxide of (V) with 4-fluorobenzotrifluoride (VI) gave rise to ether (VII). Carboxylic acid (VIII) was then obtained by oxidative cleavage of the furan derivative (VII) with RuCl3/NaIO4. Coupling of acid (VIII) with methylamine gave amide (IX). Finally, amide reduction employing borane in THF yielded the title compound.